Supporting IEP Team Decisions.

• Making decisions about whether students with disabilities, including English learners with disabilities, should participate in state general or alternate assessments is one of themost critical decisions an Individualized Education Program(IEP) team makes because the decisionmay have both short- and long-term consequences. • For IEP teams to confidently make decisions for instructional and assessment accommodations, team members need to consider many things, including student characteristics, needs, and preferences, as well as relevant laws and guidelines. • Special education leaders and school administrators can help IEP teams by providing information and resources that support decisions about assessment participation and accommodations. • It is essential to document andmonitor all assessment participation and accommodation decisions to help ensure that there are no unusual patterns in participation and accommodation decisions across IEP teams, schools, or districts that need to be addressed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]